Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Matt Meador

Date

2021

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education

Department

Instruction & Curriculum Leadership

Committee Chair

Andrew Tawfik

Committee Member

Craig Shepherd

Committee Member

Kurt Kraiger

Abstract

The term learning organization (LO) is a widely used conversation piece in corporate cultures, particularly among managing practitioners and leaders in talent management, learning and development, and leadership development (Marquardt, Berger, & Loan, 2004). Given the market upheaval due to COVID-19, this work incorporates current literature on a learning organization's dimensions, known as characteristics, through a qualitative approach. This investigation aims to capture the experiences of managing practitioners as the logistics community revisits learning strategies due to the extremely rapid change of COVID-19 (Ferguson et al., 2020; Marquardt, Berger, & Loan, 2004). Marsick and Watkins dimensions of a learning organization shift from a quantitative instrument linking the application of ideas to practice through a qualitative interview schedule regarding the action imperatives, continuous learning, dialogue and inquiry, collaborative learning, embedded systems, empowerment, systems connection, and strategic leadership. This work, a qualitative single case study, discusses the design, data collection, analysis, along with limitations of the proposed dimensions of a learning organization among a group of ten participants that currently serve as managing practitioners in the logistics community in the Southeastern U.S. Support for a study as this comes extensively from the body of literature in learning organization theory and is the first of its kind as we look to bridge the scholar-practitioner gap during a time of crisis (Marsick and Watkins, 1996, 1999, 2003). Data analyzed for the study adds additional support to the empirical body and report findings to the logistics community managing practitioners.

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Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to ProQuest

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